Shoukat, Aneela
Nurulain, Syed Muhammad
Qureshi, Rashid Nazir
Zafar, Amina
Hussain, Sabir
Khan, Sosan Andleeb
Mehmood, Sajid
Asmat, Sadia
Raza, Saqlain
Shah, Syed Tahir Abbas
Article History
Received: 26 July 2025
Accepted: 30 December 2025
First Online: 12 January 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the ethical review board of the Department of Bioscience, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI/Bio/ERB/06–18/26).
: This research with human Participants was approved by the ethical review board of the Department of Bioscience, COMSATS University Islamabad. (Approval No. CUI/Bio/ERB/06–18/26). All research participants provided written informed consent. The study followed the ethical criteria mentioned in the Declaration of Helsinki.